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Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher talks to CNBC about the Texas job machine

Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, today said the demand for jobs overrides other deficiencies in Texas.

Texas has created jobs at twice the rate of the United States for 20 years to 30 years, Fisher said in an interview on CNBC.

Texas’ has “poor social services’ and “too many people uninsured,” he acknowledged. “Those criticisms are correct, but basically — and I’m not saying this is my attitude but this is the attitude of the ethic of Texas — is if you don’t like it go somewhere else.”

It has not stunted Texas’ growth. “People are coming to our state looking for work,” Fisher said. “We have almost 26 million people now.”

Fisher added that the Texas state legislature, which meets every two years, is “pro-business” and spurs businesses to create jobs.

In July, Texas tied with two other states for the 18th lowest unemployment rate (7.2 percent) nationwide. The U.S. jobless rate was 8.1 percent last month. The Texas Workforce Commission on Friday will release jobs data for August.

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